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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъrščiti. Compare Bulgarian мръ́щя (mrǎ́štja), Czech smrsknout, Slovene mŕščiti, Old Church Slavonic съмърсканъ (sŭmŭrskanŭ), Polish marszczyć, Ukrainian мо́рщити (mórščyty).

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мо́рщить (mórščitʹimpf (perfective смо́рщить or намо́рщить)

  1. to wrinkle (one's nose)
    Perfective: смо́рщить (smórščitʹ)
  2. to purse (one's lips)
    Perfective: смо́рщить (smórščitʹ)
  3. to furrow (one's forehead, one's brow)
    Perfective: намо́рщить (namórščitʹ)
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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “морщить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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морщи́ть (morščítʹimpf

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to crease, to pucker
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